The American men's basketball team won gold again! Is the American men's basketball team still the world hegemon without a traditional center?

The American men's basketball team narrowly beat the French men's basketball team and won the gold medal. However, is the American men's basketball team still the shoulder of the world basketball community?

Friends who watched the men's basketball Olympic Games must have found that the American men's basketball team lost its devastating dominance and even lost to France in the group stage! Many people will say that the days when the American men's basketball team ruled the world are coming to an end, the American men's basketball team is going to decline, and the American men's basketball team is too seriously degraded. One of them caught my attention. Many people say, look, the former basketball overlord can't even find a real center now! Indeed, not only does this American men's basketball team have no traditional center, but many American men's basketball teams have no traditional center in previous years. But is this really the result of the serious degradation of the American men's basketball team?

I don't think this is the main reason. The traditional center of American professional league is rare, so I have to mention a team, Golden State Warriors! With the rise of the warriors in those days, it is self-evident that the five small deaths are powerful, which accelerated the evolution of modern basketball and the decline of traditional centers! Why did the warriors ride the dust and rule the league for several years?

In my humble opinion, the essence of death lies in the fuzziness of five position functions. Here 5 is the height relative to the center. The perfect five is about 205cm tall and has comprehensive technical strength and speed. There is a basket outside and a back inside. This may seem abstract, but the reality is closer to this feeling. My first thought is Durant, five Durants, so scary! ! However, this is only an ideal. In reality, it is difficult to have so many Durants, so we can only approach in this direction. Faced with such a lineup, the traditional center has no absolute advantage in strength and lacks too much agility. So there are fewer and fewer traditional centers!

At this time, you will say, can Durant defend O 'Neal? The answer is obvious, of course, the inside can't be prevented, but isn't O 'Neill the ideal center of the Five Smalls? Height, strength, agility (of course, no shooting ability) So today's centers have to lose weight, increase agility and practice three points to make themselves more comprehensive. In the early years, there were fewer and fewer centers struggling under the basket and colliding with muscles in the three-second zone, which is the inevitable result of the development trend of basketball!

Why didn't this Olympic Games dream of suffocating dominance? Of course, the basketball level of all countries in the world is making great strides, and the distance from the American men's basketball team is gradually narrowing! There are also more and more players who have the strength to play in the NBA. In recent years, non-American players have become the core of the team, which reflects the progress of basketball in various countries! In addition, this American men's basketball team is not the strongest player in all positions (at least not in all positions). For example, Curry, Harden, Brother Thick Eyebrows, etc. I didn't come to Tokyo for one reason or another. Results Although the American men's basketball team has no absolute dominance, its overall strength is still the strongest in this Olympic Games! !

To sum up, the scarcity of traditional center is the result of the development trend of basketball. Is American basketball still the world hegemon? Although the strength gap with other countries is gradually narrowing, American basketball is still the world's hegemon in terms of talent pool and systematic specialization! (PS: China basketball should also keep up! ! Come on! ! )